With Belma and Jasmina, two of the younger girls, during class. Belma (right) is 7 but cannot speak more than a few words in Bosnian. She did not understand that Laura and I spoke English instead of Bosnian - she just thought she was having trouble understanding us and that we were strange. She called me "luda" (crazy girl) because of my inability to speak Bosnian. She was one of my favorites: a major troublemaker but also so sweet.
This is Petchuka (spelling nowhere near correct). She is 5 years old and a real handful. She is one of the youngest at the orphanage, so the older girls love to make her say crazy things in Bosnian. We think Petchuka has one of the worst learning disabilities. She is not in school and stays behind when a lot of the other children go on trips. She's a sweetheart and I really bonded with her during the program.
With some of the older kids during our field trip. We went to four places near Mostar that are important to Bosnian history or major landmarks. This is Kravice, Bosnia's largest waterfall.
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